SEATTLE — Some taxi drivers circled the King County Courthouse to protest a proposal to give 50 new licenses to Green Cab Association for hybrid gas-electric cabs.

The current drivers say the new licenses should be distributed to existing companies by lottery.

A spokesman at Tuesday's protest, Joe Blondo, says all cab companies are moving to more fuel-efficient cars.

But the county says the Green Cab company is best-equipped to run the experimental hybrid taxi program.

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